Hegel’s Phenomenology lacks any unity of point of view

Evidence

Indeed, the most striking aspect of the Phenomenology for the modern reader is that it presents, to use the terminology of the novel, no unity of point of view. The transitions between the chapters are not necessarily equivalent to moments of growth and change in the life of an individual. The content of the various chapters is quite heterogeneous, some of it coming from collective or historical experience, some from individual or ethical, some relating to action, some to pure knowledge. — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 104

Categorization

• XREF: The novel-terminology frame foreshadows Jameson’s later work on narrative and the modern novel — the generic heterogeneity of Phenomenology anticipates his Postmodernism analyses. Also relates to Lukács’s own theory of the novel. — connects to: Viewed objectively the Phenomenology fragments into isolated disciplinary data
• QUESTION: Is this ‘no unity of point of view’ claim reading Hegel through the lens of the modern novel — anachronistically? Worth chasing whether Lukács or Adorno pushed this reading further.

Broader Connections

• Viewed objectively the Phenomenology fragments into isolated disciplinary data #corroborates (0.95)